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Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2010 Mar 15;90(6):664–678. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.03.003

Table 1.

Iron homeostasis parameters in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts (ARC)

parameter	AMD	ARC
local transferrin synthesis	increased mRNA expression in retina (Chowers et al, 2006)	increased ratio Tf/total protein in aqueous humor (Cortés-Velázquez and García-Castiñeiras, 1997)
intracellular chelatable iron	increased levels (Hahn et al, 2003)	increased levels (Garner et al, 2000)
hepcidin	expressed in retina (Gnana-Prakasam et al, 2008)	?
ferroportin	abundant in Müller cells endfeet (He et al, 2007)	?
epidemiological association to anemia	?	yes (Leske et al, 1991; Villarroya Lequericaonandia, 1994)
plasma transferrin, other iron status parameters	?	?